Aves - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Guthrie 1992, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mourer-Chauviré 1987, Olson 1985, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Berruornis, Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Palaeoglaucidae, Primoptynx, Protostrigidae, Selenornithinae, Sophiornithidae, Strigidae
Subtaxa: Lechusa Nocturnavis Phodilinae Selenornis Tyto Tytoninae
Type: Tyto
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Antigua and Barbuda (1 collection), Australia (6), the Bahamas (7), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (4), the Dominican Republic (1), East Timor (2), Ecuador (2), France (3), Greece (11), Haiti (2), Indonesia (5), Italy (2), Madagascar (4), Mexico (1), New Caledonia (6), Niue (7), Papua New Guinea (2), Peru (1), Portugal (1), the Seychelles (1), South Africa (1), Spain (5), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (33: California, Florida, New Mexico, Texas), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1), Yemen (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1), Spain (2)
• Pliocene of Spain (2), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Slovakia (1), Spain (2)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 129 collections including 139 occurrences